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Old 07-10-2009, 09:59 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Training Hedgehog to graze raised garens




"George.com" wrote in message
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My mate hedgehog was out last night patroling the garden for slugs and
snails. We have had a hell of a load of rain the past 2 weeks so the S&S
have been
out in force.

Anyway, I lifted hedgehog in to one of my raised garden (bout a foot off
gound level) tonight to see if he'd east the slugs there. HH happily seem
to scoff his way through the slugs. I went out later in the evenign to
check on him and he had climbed down one of the ramps I had set up. He is
outside again tonight so I poped him back on the garden and showed him a
few tasty slugs which he wolfed down. I wonder whether I might be able to
train him to climb up a ramp onto the gardens and graze at his own
leisure?

Anyone else had a similar experience?

rob


'Any' animal can be trained. If you have the rapport and time with said
hedgehog, he/she will respond as long as you treat it kindly. Reward is the
secret........... as you have found.

Good luck.

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